Triple

T8542664
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gertrude Caton-Thompson E202234 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Caton-Thompson
Caton-Thompson is the surname of Gertrude Caton-Thompson, a pioneering British archaeologist known for her influential work on prehistoric cultures in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
 E741205 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Caton-Thompson | Statement: [Gertrude Caton-Thompson, familyName, Caton-Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Caton-Thompson
Context triple: [Gertrude Caton-Thompson, familyName, Caton-Thompson]
  • A. Thompson
    Thompson is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as acting, sports, politics, and science.
  • B. Thompson
    Thompson is a small city in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, known as a rural community within the Greater Grand Forks metropolitan area.
  • C. McCauley
    McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  • D. Gatton
    Gatton is a rural town in Queensland, Australia, located in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane and known for its agricultural production and role as a regional service centre.
  • E. Watson-Wentworth
    Watson-Wentworth is a British aristocratic family name historically associated with the Marquesses of Rockingham and prominent 18th-century political influence.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Caton-Thompson
Triple: [Gertrude Caton-Thompson, familyName, Caton-Thompson]
Generated description
Caton-Thompson is the surname of Gertrude Caton-Thompson, a pioneering British archaeologist known for her influential work on prehistoric cultures in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Caton-Thompson
Target entity description: Caton-Thompson is the surname of Gertrude Caton-Thompson, a pioneering British archaeologist known for her influential work on prehistoric cultures in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
  • A. Thompson
    Thompson is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as acting, sports, politics, and science.
  • B. Thompson
    Thompson is a small city in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, known as a rural community within the Greater Grand Forks metropolitan area.
  • C. McCauley
    McCauley is the maiden surname of Rosa Parks, the prominent American civil rights activist known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  • D. Gatton
    Gatton is a rural town in Queensland, Australia, located in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane and known for its agricultural production and role as a regional service centre.
  • E. Watson-Wentworth
    Watson-Wentworth is a British aristocratic family name historically associated with the Marquesses of Rockingham and prominent 18th-century political influence.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69ca832461e88190a654c5e44e233aa8 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe6e26be48190b10bc62fad178dad completed March 31, 2026, 3:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce6da3d65c819087ed6b46dfc35885 completed April 2, 2026, 1:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce6ec3b080819082d64646d453541d completed April 2, 2026, 1:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce6fe928d48190824e7a94fea5cfc0 completed April 2, 2026, 1:32 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:18 p.m.